Blue Window Study
Inside Kenyon Hall – Light and color
Staircase
Lost
A back staircase at Kenyon Hall
Blinds
Blue Room
The Chapel
Inside Kenyon Hall – Viewed from the lower balcony, the chapel is still elegant and beautiful, even with a few blemishes. The organ is gone, though the reed pipes are still in place. Much of the seating was donated for use by the Granada Theater.
In the Cage
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – On my first walk-through of the building, I trudged through endless expances of broken glass, piles of abandoned materials rotting in hallways, profanity-laced spray paint, then find an entrance to a caged-in area resembling a…
Kenyon Hall Tableau
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas
Hubcaps & Barstools
Inside Kenyon Hall, Third Floor
Balcony Entrance
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – 3rd Floor – Wild color and murals were among the biggest surprises as I explored the upper reaches of Kenyon Hall. After the College of Emporia closed in 1973, it was owned for a time by “The Way”, a controversial…
Roofline
Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – Two gorgeous copper oramental roof vents (cupolas) grace the roof of Kenyon Hall.
Empty Chair
Inside Kenyon Hall
Bass Pipes
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – Underneath the heart of (what was once) a pipe organ’s sound generating instruments is a nest of wooden reed pipes which, unless I’m mistaken, provided the bass. The organ itself is long gone, but wooden and brass…
The Little Theater in the Tower
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas – This is at the very top of the tower, on the 4th floor. A small stage is on the north end of the room (below).
Piano Room
Inside Kenyon Hall, Emporia, Kansas